EXERCISE 3

Simple Past Tense (Basic English,3rd Ed)


Fill in the blank with 'was' or 'were'.


1. Imran _____________sick last Sunday.


2. They _______________with me last weekend.

3. You _____________absent the whole of last week.


4. The cows___________on the hill yesterday evening.


5. The children_____________at the zoo yesterday.


6. Sara___________very cute when she was a baby.


7. Her house____________next to mine when we were children.


8. I______________very hungry, so I ate all the food on the table.


9. The antic vase_____________in that yellow box a minute ago.


10. Her dress_____________the most glamorous among all the guests at the party last night. 


Past Continuous Tense (www.ego4u.com) 

Write sentences in past progressive.

1. he / the car / wash → 
2. she / home / go → 
3. they / not / the match / watch → 
4. you / in the shop / work → 
5. I / not / a magazine / read → 

Write questions in past progressive.

1. she / on a chair / sit → 
2. you / your bag / pack → 
3. his head / ache → 
4. we / tea / drink → 
5. you / the bike / repair → 

Past Perfect Tense

Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (negative).

1. The waiter served something that we (not / order) .
2. He went to Alaska where he (not / be)  before.
3. She put on the red dress, which she (not / wear)  for ages.
4. He (not / play)  tennis before that day.
5. His mother was angry because he (not / help)  her with the shopping.

Complete the questions in Past Perfect Simple.

1. (you / finish)  your homework before you went to the cinema?
2. (why / you / clean)  the bathroom before you bathed the dog?
3. (you / have)  breakfast before you came here?
4. (she / find)  a place to stay when she went to Boston?
5. (where / she / live)  before she moved to Chicago?

Past Perfect Continuous Tense


Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (positive).

1. I lost the key that he (give)  to me.
2. She told me that she (see)  a ghost.
3. I went downstairs because I (hear)  a noise.
4. When they came home, Sue (cook)  dinner already.
5. We could not send you a postcard because we (forget)  our address book.

Complete the sentences in Past Perfect Simple (negative).

1. The waiter served something that we (not / order) .
2. He went to Alaska where he (not / be)  before.
3. She put on the red dress, which she (not / wear)  for ages.
4. He (not / play)  tennis before that day.
5. His mother was angry because he (not / help)  her with the shopping.

Future Perfect Continuous Tense (www.englishtenseswithcartoons.com)

Fill in the blank with the correct answer. 

1	By 2005 we _________ (live) in London for 14 years.
2	He __________  (write) a book by the end of the week.
3	He ____________ (write)  this book for 3 months by the end of this week.
4	__________(finish, you) this project by the next week?
5	We __________ (married, be) a year on June 25th.
6	If it doesn't come tomorrow, I ___________ (be) without the projector for a month.
7	____________ (be, she) pregnant for 5 month this week?